path: root/core/vm/intpool.go

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package vm

import "math/big"

var checkVal = big.NewInt(-42)

const poolLimit = 256

// intPool is a pool of big integers that
// can be reused for all big.Int operations.
type intPool struct {
    pool *Stack
}

func newIntPool() *intPool {
    return &intPool{pool: newstack()}
}

// get retrieves a big int from the pool, allocating one if the pool is empty.
// Note, the returned int's value is arbitrary and will not be zeroed!
func (p *intPool) get() *big.Int {
    if p.pool.len() > 0 {
        return p.pool.pop()
    }
    return new(big.Int)
}

// getZero retrieves a big int from the pool, setting it to zero or allocating
// a new one if the pool is empty.
func (p *intPool) getZero() *big.Int {
    if p.pool.len() > 0 {
        return p.pool.pop().SetUint64(0)
    }
    return new(big.Int)
}

// put returns an allocated big int to the pool to be later reused by get calls.
// Note, the values as saved as is; neither put nor get zeroes the ints out!
func (p *intPool) put(is ...*big.Int) {
    if len(p.pool.data) > poolLimit {
        return
    }
    for _, i := range is {
        // verifyPool is a build flag. Pool verification makes sure the integrity
        // of the integer pool by comparing values to a default value.
        if verifyPool {
            i.Set(checkVal)
        }
        p.pool.push(i)
    }
}